Univitis is one of the major players in the Bordeaux and Bordeaux Supérieur AOPs, but also offers a number of other appellations located at the crossroads of great vineyards.
Univitis is located in the heart of the vineyards, near Sainte Foy la Grande, 60km from Bordeaux and 30km from Bergerac.
Being at the crossroads of the Bordeaux and Bergerac vineyards, we benefit from a magnificent mosaic of terroirs, climates and appellations; a natural guarantee of the diversity of expression of our wines.
The Bordeaux vineyards are the largest “concentration” of wine appellations in France.
They are located at the confluence of two great rivers, the Garonne and the Dordogne, which share the same estuary, the Gironde.
On this territory, we produce authentic wines made for sharing. The blending of the Bordeaux wines produces subtle, balanced and harmonious vintages.
In the extension of the Bordeaux appellations on either side of the Dordogne, in a very hilly area, the Bergerac and Duras vineyards offer excellent fruity and structured wines. As in the neighbouring vineyards, there is a great diversity of terroirs and grape varieties.
The terroir is what we hold most dear. We take the greatest care of it so that each parcel can express its full potential.
Our wealth is the exceptional diversity of the soils.
Our vines are located in four different areas which allows us to produce very different wines.
All around Sainte-Foy-la-Grande our plots are located on hillsides at an altitude of 80 to 100 metres. Only the slopes and plateaus, mostly made up of clay-limestone and gravel soils, are used for vine growing. The white and red grape varieties naturally find their balance on this terroir which benefits from a temperate oceanic climate characterised by mild temperatures and average rainfall. This terroir allows us to obtain characterful red wines with a very attractive structure.
Dedicated primarily to the production of red wines, the gensac hillsides are made up of gravelly slopes overlooking the Dordogne and clay-limestone soils located on either side of the Durèze and Soulège valleys. The central plateau, composed of very fine siliceous soil, is reserved for white grape varieties. Here, we produce fruity and full-bodied wines.
On this same hillside we also have plots situated on limestone rock where the terroir is identical to that of Saint-Emilion and allows us to obtain wines of great finesse.
“It is a very good terroir, with the same rock typology as the Saint-Emilion and Saint-Emilion Grands Crus” – Nicolas Sudrie, Technical Viticultural Advisor.
Between Vayres and Beychac-et-Caillau to the south-west of Libourne, the Graves de Vayres terroir occupies an ancient terrace of gravelly soils brought by the river from the Massif Central. These soils are low in clay content, forcing the vines to plunge their roots deep into the earth to find the nourishing humidity they need.
Many of our plots are located on the banks of the river, a privileged terroir for our fruity and floral white and rosé wines.
Located between the Isle and Dordogne rivers in the extension of the Libournais region, this low-lying hillside terroir extends over ancient alluvial soils. It is composed of sand and gravelly clay from the Périgord region with, occasionally on the heights, the presence of asteriated limestone. On this terroir we favour the production of dry, crisp, fresh white wines and sweet, full-bodied, fruity and well-balanced white wines.
We have a great diversity of soils which allows us to obtain a wide range of aromas.
